Cross System Data flow in b2b System Integration: A case study: customer to Nokia Siemens Networks Purchase Order Data Flow
Dhakal, Gaurav (2011)
Dhakal, Gaurav
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201203163503
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201203163503
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It is attempted in this thesis to shed light on the industry wide practice of b2b System Integration and the various issues arising out of it. There are many varieties of ERP system available in the market, and each company has chosen the system that they use, and the customization of the system based of meticulous study of their system requirements and feasibility.
This thesis is a product development theses with a cross system data map of a Purchase Order arriving at the case company, Nokia Siemens Networks, document as a product, preceded by the discussion on of cross-system b2b data flow.
In a scenario, where two companies having different ERP systems have trade or business transactions between them, the issue of system integration arises.
In the first part of this thesis, the concept of system integration is discussed to give an overview of what it is, why is it needed and the processes and steps involved.
The second part of the theses is a product development / case study part. Nokia Siemens Network is a leading network equipment manufacturer in global scale. It has business transactions with business enterprises that use various ranges of different ERP systems with different set-ups and customizations. So it is essential for case company to understand and intercept the customer ERP system messages arriving to its system as (such as purchase order) according to their own ERP point of view.
It is quite common that there are different data fields in two different organizational ERPs that hold exactly same data. So there is a need of a mapping document, which links data fields in customer ERP and case company ERP containing the same data.
This thesis is a product development theses with a cross system data map of a Purchase Order arriving at the case company, Nokia Siemens Networks, document as a product, preceded by the discussion on of cross-system b2b data flow.
In a scenario, where two companies having different ERP systems have trade or business transactions between them, the issue of system integration arises.
In the first part of this thesis, the concept of system integration is discussed to give an overview of what it is, why is it needed and the processes and steps involved.
The second part of the theses is a product development / case study part. Nokia Siemens Network is a leading network equipment manufacturer in global scale. It has business transactions with business enterprises that use various ranges of different ERP systems with different set-ups and customizations. So it is essential for case company to understand and intercept the customer ERP system messages arriving to its system as (such as purchase order) according to their own ERP point of view.
It is quite common that there are different data fields in two different organizational ERPs that hold exactly same data. So there is a need of a mapping document, which links data fields in customer ERP and case company ERP containing the same data.